Overview of the Veradigm Security Incident
Three major health systems have reportedly fallen victim to a significant cybersecurity breach involving Veradigm, a prominent electronic health record (EHR) vendor formerly operating under the name Allscripts. According…
Kurt Markley, Managing Director, Americas at Apricorn
Data breaches and ransomware attacks have become a persistent and costly challenge in the healthcare sector. As the Change Healthcare ransomware attack shows us, these threats continue to…
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Healthcare organizations have made great strides in cloud adoption over the past five to seven years. Before that, trepidation was much more prevalent among healthcare IT leaders. It was difficult for some to imagine…
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Overview of the Lawsuit
A former executive at Alphabet’s health technology subsidiary Verily has filed a explosive lawsuit alleging the company systematically covered up widespread violations of federal patient privacy laws. The case, reported by…
Overview of the Incident
Norfolk, Virginia-based Sentara Health recently disclosed a significant data breach that occurred at their behavioral health clinic in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The incident, which took place on July 7, 2024, involved a…
Vicky Wills, Chief Technology Officer, Exclaimer
In healthcare, where every detail matters, it’s often the smallest things that carry the greatest risk. Email disclaimers – those lines of legal text at the bottom of email signatures – might…
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Phillina Lai, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer at IKS Health
While digitalization has revolutionized healthcare delivery, patients now entrust clinicians with sensitive health information under the expectation that it will remain private and protected. This…
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Best Practices for Managing Data Risk in HealthcareAdam Winston, WatchGuard field CTO, says policies that govern the use of AI applications need to be implemented internally within organizations.
“General-purpose tools employed by end users should…
Yair Cohen co-founder and VP product, Sentra
Healthcare data breaches continue to grow in volume and impact. According to the HIPAA Journal, more than 276 million individuals had their Protected Health Information (PHI) exposed or stolen…
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George McGregor, VP of Marketing for Approov
Major cybersecurity breaches continue to plague the US healthcare industry, and on December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), via its Office for…
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